談香奈兒我們直覺就談到了時尚、時裝、香水，她的輝煌成與品牌經營，不過我們卻很少馬上聯想到關于 Coco Chanel 的個人魅力。前不久的 8/19 正是 Coco Chanel 的 131 歲生日，先讓我們暫時忘卻這大牌子光芒，站在一個靠近的角度細細的品味，關于 25 句出自 Coco Chanel 歷練人生后的經典名言吧！
Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity。
有些人認為奢華的反面詞是貧窮，但其實不是，奢華的反義詞是粗俗。
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
最有“勇氣”的行為就是一直只想著自己。
In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.
想要無可取代，就必須與眾不同。
You live but once; you might as well be amusing.
你生命只有一次，還是活的有趣點吧。
I don’t do fashion, I am fashion.
我不做流行，我就是流行。
Only those with no memory insist on their originality.
只有那些沒有記憶的人才堅持他們的獨創性。
（或者換個角度來理解這句話：任何人都不可能做到百分百地獨創，因為他們的記憶里或多或少都會存留別人的元素）
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
穿得寒酸，人們只記得那件寒酸的衣服；穿得無可挑剔，人們會記得衣服里的女人。
My life didn’t please me, so I created my life.
我的生活不曾取悅于我，所以我創造了自己的生活。
I imposed black; it is still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around.
黑色一直在觸動我，尤其在今天更是如此，因為黑色可以讓周遭的一切相形見絀。
As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!
你只要知道男人其實跟孩子一樣，你就什么都懂了！
I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.
我不會在乎你怎么看待我，反正我根本也不會考慮你。
Fashion changes, but style endures.
時尚不斷變遷，風格會永恒。
There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.
沒時間讓你感到枯燥乏味，因為時間都拿來工作與戀愛。
A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.
一個女孩應該擁有兩樣，她自己和她想成就的。
You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.
你可以做到三十歲華麗,四十歲迷人,以及令人無法抗拒的余生。
A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.
女人再怎么打扮，優雅是最重要的。
Men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness.
男人只會記得哪個女人使他關注與不安。
Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.
既然一切都記在腦海里了，我們最好就別丟掉。
Nature gives you the face you have at twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty. But at fifty you get the face you deserve.
二十歲時你的面容是大自然賦予的，三十歲時你的面容是歲月雕琢的，而到了五十歲時你會得到一張你想要的臉龐。
I don’t know why women want any of the things men have when one of the things that women have is men.
我不知道為什么女人擁有一個男人時，還妄圖擁有他的一切。
How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.
有多少人會去關心當一個人決定為了某人放棄一些事時失去了一些什么。
Gentleness doesn’t get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.
溫柔不會起什么作用,除非你恰巧是一只孵蛋的母雞。
It is always better to be slightly underdressed.
有一點點不得體才是最好的。
The best colour in the whole world is the one that looks good on you.
最適合你的顏色，才是世界上最美的顏色。
Elegance is refusal.
優雅是懂得拒絕。
在這 25 條中，有哪一條深深的打中你的心坎里呢？挑一句放進你的腦海里，使它成為你生活中的激勵！